The Sun. — London, England, 1818-04-28 00:00:00

enfl el in Wl°l'l,lls 0 119 ila j t ote oSir i° ) p_ !so Irel3llrl , t effr e it in 10 (0 C o ; il~ tiVe f be is in : 1 14 ' l° ; . f dt' J JO' A"' le bwe' 0 0 iii 6 le l , A lrt 3,014 10 , 5 • i ,' otici ill P3 sbe n g hot— ; Joel f° 'bor fro ion 0 ire, V. [it '1 110 0 ; Ple''" .0 0 nas epO'', hg" 5 I)° ' 5 t - - 4e , 1* • ant! ( ,o• t he 19 7 ;, t he I" J . i4l that entlially cnnenrred in ilie• 11.-rnfttlY only anoren- A^t i • i not , ii ‘ . " e present Bill embracet ..e,„ Ow cotton ma c. bat all Persons employedof passing in , ses were totally - ;i4et°ties, .alit) thus the tw o c '; of t h e proceed .1 trent. He then_ tOok . a v ie w of the. Cot tont . I ",'gs nf Parliament. on t h e sub ject 8.. Bin his warmest ' l', gave. the Apprentices' to anie -B'Probation, expressed himself anxious but declared 101- , , die the condition of the roar, but now under '_")4lself unable to support the measu re went- to interfere cwiti4iclera ion. The present Bill labourers' children, ai i '. free lahour, and with free strongly "b i,''' therefOre he could not but most a Pre ''...ett t ° it, and he believed i't to be without the .. -•.'eriein 1-le did not deny that .1 trade l-2-e ~, , to tinscoontry. - w i t h an) ft i 4 nye had the power to inte rfe re to the health I,4'l,ti)nielit be fit oved to be injur i o us was not a ne w 1 7e peopl e ; but the cotton trade . e to bear in mind .: -'i-l t.atiil he called upon the' Hous e . and its great I'e latin • I embarked in it, ial euse capita • stated at Ile then ze etP(ltt'tice to the country, the Bill, .1--,,e,4t length his objections to not present subject to "4 Iliajmain~ . . the Ai that great cotton trade than er hardships in the co were exposed cliildr. ti, othe rs to. t.ii employed in man,Bill did not go . far en• Tlie advocates for this the employment in th°4gh when they proved that not so wholesome e et'tton manufactories was agriculture. They as 111 with prejudicial to k ie labour connecter -418 t i t absolutely the t I Prove that was health than ath ' 8 " • dicial to . more prejudicial before tiu m _ . uanufactories, ...... 14".ityment in most other ' , ~... the present "ill eo,linterference contemplated ol',utt the sittla lit: ( I he just_ified. He shin"' manufactories, in i ec,lo' those employed in lass-manufactories, was much ti es, end • the' weaving b 1 • wh '4114 . iii - l o f the persons . 1 1 e flePloeable than ttat who, h e was er e ei , • i trade, l 'r el gl " 4 in the cotim • f from substantial relit, 111 ' isfi-f ' , would derive no into a hw. "?I '' Prese " Bill, if it should pass children if the I've 4 ' was to be the fate of- these :_...,rove •'esent 1 )11- . ? In order t o ino it . ...on snould 'Pass • by depriv e ' ',El l ' e begin • the ' , -e alth was it proposed to. o f 141; frith. ' of c onsiderable portion 14, w _ , Pirents , a .. were at pre loch they t en lfiks of the family in w • better their situation, A"' Maintained I Would it f r t s and nuces ealtit° flePtire them of the "In a present able to b,,,' of life, which they were at of affording r l en te Ile considered that instead uct 1 to the dis, ttt i tt it woold be likely to I add m the present Bill s,,,:'nf the poor. One o bje ct o f l e , , people. He, t :ie. impr ove the morals of " measure would 1):1v4, feared the effect of this s calculated upon by 4,lteetly the opposite of that H . apprehended thit, Honourable Baroliet. i e re it was least rjet,"4ll would create disunioww le and their parents eliiitili4ble to see it, between led to think that 111 'le°. The child would be . been - irnmolated by tit Per this act he would have., of their shrine tv,,,Parents, a victim on the Bill, as it was INqt.Te* He then opposed this of children in ttt lartived that the emplc,yment i injuri tiiitt,nitornionfactories WRS particularlyt at by relieving thli.:)'eEkbh, and as it W,fiS clears.t/ e their health, it ~,''"Orn labonr, it might improv is of sustaining 1„.,i4,"hl take from them the meads time for re ceit:4--that if it would atrial' them it out of their p4a:lig instruction, it it would put instead of do. in„ in Pay for ; in short, that (sled, i t would be' 6 ' "tl, as the Hon, Baronet 7",-%o„id act as a pre,if'doetive of much evil' - ` t _...:_tills i n place 1.4,11, for the ere c ti on of steam -mills of thtat-mills, and t h us ruin the fe l lteit to be - his Phu later POl these:reason3he .. ded by mov ' 110 ()) He cotton rTi t , t , as Pose th e Bill, , _House should r that , the It(1Ive . 4 Amendmen., t day m ittee on that tour its elf into the C - , nui Lnici mv o ri! r • tt it •ght to o ff er a few - it. , , t .). - •fl.• H e would leords ',CP.I.LRS t notig . Bill. , 5 14 II () I 1 the principle of .this anti he would i,h, pon the Horise.to look_at it, the a. y took upon tilltollt they passed this measure, whole .industry of ti p selv o , . •' in interfere with the kin... his side o f tie e"44trY. Though a person tan as' a „t a „ op titliolle'tion was ahnost run ( 1 (7 he'would still' , 1 y te, t n. the interests of human' y, ou proceed..' th , , ,il'e House, " Pause,- before y h(.) had em fiuc.ii'',l this measure pass, thin" w Trade would L A ''' their capital in the .Cotton not only at,the p re ahont them ;they wouhl look to follow T, P:Ilt measure, but at what wasiu.charge from 11,4 ‘vould think it necessary to I,l' 16 y ears nt "bi)loy those ulho were wider their parents ts -;-, and I • thrown on lt was t iese children `itild h , i ' rue p arish. 1' i 14, 115. } them be thrown 0n,,,. _mphiyet ii th e r tn t'e to say that if they were . " '` ' themselves.. The t he they would improve Would i brown pt, i 'loTi into which they would be ~ It is said that tt,, "viii,` them (coin doing .so. ''‘,` ' cotton mills, I le r ill ' h ' of thqse employed in the " were unfit kr idistoited, and that these person s ii a(y ,thing la e. tine "mY, fin the navy, or indee i to be al ter If this weteArtie, the trade .ought liy it ii erect altogether, for the alieration p r oposed i n the ! 411 , of relieving them from one , h our_ ,ce or in-. ttr}i,tvoillii „„ t he sufficient. The printeoiti(l,llol,lit %iiteitPlee once adopted, they ongitr by those ~,,,o they reduced the work to he . done _vhat thley ii);:::l',YQci i 4 the cotton manufactories to capableN of Nu., ' 'oPpose pet sons of Oteir age have obiect. el )""hig. He should not so much r gnate ,It'" tkis Bill if he had considered it to . i i °believed 3,t.itely xvnt, the tin. Baronet ; but he who 1 "211 ' ()/.'ell to be in sOme measure its parent, uf labour ItCtee'ntynned, that though the 1)017 i would, be t diminished, the labour perforn This he i f ,l'hil tt.. or 1 to t+ hat was done at present. ~e, it' Laseelles) could not understand. ) l-t in. ret"re, called upon the House to stopand sub jee,''' whether what they had heard on this lained „ were true. Ile believed the "di' cninV really t',!'llilur the present system, had been g m. act tiirrKerated ; and if the House wishe d, ~, in stil Y on this occasion, he thought they wom" e e ll 'e an inquiry to ascertain what they' really .ie 11,1 i before they suffered the Bill to Pass._ _ l- ... , it"n interest in this question ‘vbatever, tti , li t • l e'l tig Ilinch as any man could do to remedy )ted ti,,-„vils (and that there were some he . doubted e ili ev ) of the present system, but he d i d not as to i4i thete was a "Y Illii)g in it so . Wrong I fY ii • He c ie adoption of a measure like the present.' . it t "Ily opposed the Bill because he thou g ht a 1„,.,., x-parte t; " 1, 1 be unjust to pass such a law on e it '''lence. He should vote against this Bill go ing t, in 4 Cori He ouVess it were on au u,oh-rst au 1 i g thm tile subject of it should be refryred t o a ‘...0 11 • otintee up stairs. . 4 - 1 ‘ 1 i iir. PEEL considered' the Noble Lors.a VV-10 hat just sat doyen, to have acted the most nianly part, by coming _forward to state his ! seniiments on this measure without disguise, and he was perfectly satisfied, that in the course he had taken, he was solely actuated by humanity. He, however, could not think that the Noble Lord was justified in objecting to this Bill, because Mr. Owen was supposed to have been concerned in bringing it forward. Whether that Gentleman was concern ed in it or not, was a matter of indifference to him, and he called upon the House not to reject judicious Measure becanse it might have the mis fortune to be supported by an indiscreet advocate. The Noble Lord had said that he objected to this Bill being passed on ex parte evidence, and he therefore wished the subject to he referred to a Committee up stairs: 'He (Mr. Peel) would limit his defence of it to ex parte evidence, to that fur nished by the opponents of the Bill, and on that he thought it would not be difficult to convince the House that, if, without contravening some went general principle, they could apply a remedy to the existing evil,, it Waa their duty to do so.— He considered that he had two class-es to reply to—those who admitted there was an evil to re medy, but were fearful of the principle on which the Bill was founded—and, in the second place, those who were not afraid of the principle, but who considered there was no evil to remedy. To the first, he replied, that in ten thousand cases connect ed with commerce, remedies had been supplied to particular evils without prejudice to general prin ciples. He shoWed that in the cotton trade there were pecularities which called for peculiar mea sures; that children were obliged to work the same hours as men, and that in manufactories where the average time of working did not exceed 12 hours, trout accidents which stopped - the mill, they lost a few hours, which they were obliged to fetch tip by " extra time, and this imposed upon them occasionally the necessity of working 15 hours in one day. The business, besides, was carried on in an heated artnosphere. In ihe fitter branches, he believed, it was necessary that the body should be kept in such a teinpelature that the s tbreads would adhere to -the fingers of the work-people. In 60411 e, the atmosphere was pol luted by small flying particles of cotton, and this evil, though guarded against in some manufactb ries, could-not be prevented in all. The numbers emploied in the cotton trade was another of its peculiarities. In Manchester alone it appeared that no fewer than 11,600 children were employ- , ed in it. The numbers engaged in it made the interference of Parliament necessary. But then it was-said the effect of this Bill would be to create disunion between parent and child, This, how ever, was not likely. , They-had no reason' to sup pose the parents would object to it._ lt . appeared they were willing that the, hours of labia-or-in each day should be limited to eleven ; but .they had no 'alternative,, as the masters said they must either . remove them altogether, tvhich they could not al -, ford to do, or they must let them work 12 'or 14 hours,. a's the men did. The Noble Lord (Lord 'Stanley) had approved of the Apprentices' Bill, but he '(Mr. Peel) contended that those who were to be protected by the present measure were leas protected by the interest of the master front the abuses complained of than ever apprentices had been. If the latter, from ill usage, were disabled, they become- a charge' ons Their employers ; the former, when sick, could be - at once discharged and replaced by other children. This, particularly struck hint from part of Mr. Lee's evidence, who had 'said this measure nook.' press harder on the manufacturer in the country than on him who re sided in Manchester, as the latter was " near the market sof labour." The meaning of this was, that. if the children in his employ tailed _ him, he Could easily procure others from " the market of labour." At preient lie insisted the interest of the Masters afforded no security for the proper treatment of the children, and if the System was so m - tich improved as some of the'opponents of the Bill contended it was, this made his tt egoineot but the stronger.- He' could wish to knOw, when 'the eyes of the masters were first opened to their true interests, whether the alteration which had taken place bad not been made as a preparation for an expected inquiry ? . At ll events, -it was necessary to guard, against a recurrence IA the evils from which it Appeared .those.employed in the Cotton Factories had but recently escaped.— He then entered into a statement of the numbers engaged at different factories, and.of 'their hours of labour, and showed, from the evidence furnish ed by those opposed -to the:Bill, that humanity ' demanded that a measure.like that now before the House should receive the sanction of Parliament. Even what n as said of the measures taken to give these poor children education proved to his mind the hardships to which they were subjected. He learned with disgust that they were not sent to school, to receive that instruction which might raise them above the machine at which they-wotk ed, till they had been exhausted by 13 or 15 hours ot-labour. ' Ile wished them to receive education, but it gt levet' and disgusted him to find, that that which ought to be a blessing was thus . converted into a curse. He wanted no evidence. The facts acknowledged were enough for his purpose. — (Hear, hear, hear !)—An Hon. Member laughed when he said he wanted no evidence. Did 'the Hon. Member mean to s . ay no evidence could be produced ? That there was no evidence before the House ?—(Hear, bear 1)—If evidence was wanted, he need go no farther than a petition which he himself had the honour . to present, which con tained the evidence of disinterested medical metrof the highest character, and that was quite sufficient. Another argument which had been particularly urged by the Noble. Lord was, that it interfered with the principle of free labour. But there had beet) a Bill before the douse which had inter fered with the principles of free labour in the case of Chimney-sweepers--;-(Hear ! and laughter) —and that . Bill had the support of the Noble Lord.—(Hear !)—Others again who spoke of the unhealthiness of Cotton Mills were answered by some Hon. Member,,who seemed to think that of all the healthy spots on the Nee of the globe, a Cotton Mill was the most healthy —(Laughter.) Indeed, if all that these Hon. Members said of the bealthioess of, Cotton Mills were true, appli cation might to be made to the Legislature for thterection of Cotton Mills, for the purpose of t tattier and nitre effectwally providing for the health of Llisktijesty's liege subjects.---(Laughter.) The instances produced from the evidence 'were certainly strong enough to ,suppott . the most on, qualified of the assertions which' had been made as to the healthiness of Cotton Mills. One of the instances. was that of a Mill at Glasgow, in which lie believed an Honourable Gentleman op posite (M r . Fi n ky) was concerned. it was given' in evidence that the proportion of deAths in this mill was only one out of 415.—(11ear!)—So vet y extraordinary a sniall prripcnlion had very na turally excited the astonishment of the Commit tee, and therefore, as was to be expected, they questioned Medical Gentlemen as :o the propor tion of deaths in different parts 91 the kingdom. The evidence of Sir Gilbert Blane was, that the most healthy .part of the .kingdom was Cardig•an shire, in which the deaths ; were one out of 74. — But that proportion, however small, was tour titres greater than that of the Cotton Mill men tioned, which was .so .much healthier than the most healthy part of the kingdom. In one of Warton's, beautiful sono,:ts, which began with these lines— " In•what retired \ and craggy cell ' " Delights the Goddess Health to dwell;" &c. after Asking where the abode of this coy Goddess was to he fotook—whether on Matlock—or athong woods and streams—or on the sea shore, it would certainly have been an extraordinary solution of the perplexity of the Poet, if when he asked— what dim and dark retreat ' " The coy Nymph fix'd her fav'rite seat ?" it had been answered, that it was in the c o tton-. mill of Messrs. Finlay and Co. of Glasgow.— (Loud larntter !)—Yet such was the evidence respecting this mill, that its salubrity appeared six times as great as that of the most healthy part of the kingdom. He held in his hand Resolutions of the cotton-spinners of AShton-under;Line, and also of Halifax, which stated their oidniou that it was become highly necessary to limit the hours of labour in - cotton and other_mills. They wished, indeed, that the number of 'touts should be treater than that in the present Bill—for they wished the hours of labour to be twelve. But the number of hours was comparatiaely of small consequence, provided it was within due limits, for they all admitted the principle of the present Bill: This was the last evidence which it was necessary to mention to the House, for it was the evidence of the party interested. With all this, then,, before the House, it was surely enough to skew that ,jus tice, and humanity, and good policy, called upon them to pass this Bill. Mr. PHILLIPS rose to oppose the Bill. It; was necessary for him to refer to some imputations which had been cast-upon the opponents of the measure before the House, as being actuated by selfish and interested motives in opposing it. Such imputations he must distinctly repel. If there were in the House any man who could say that be (Mr. Phillips), in 'any thing which-be might say upon this subject, was actuated by any such feelings, he felt the imputation to be so trojist, but at the same time so unfounded,. that he would not think it worth his while to reply to it. Much had•been said as to the Petitions which had been preseoterl to the House in favour of the meaa sure: To those Petitions tro weight was, due.. He spoke with confidence, for lie knew. the arts which had been used in procuring them, and the mischief which they had produced. There had , :also been much Misrepresentation as to the' mode of employment in cotton manufactories, and to prove this he referred to various parts of the evi dence. One of the proofs of the bad mode of re golation in factories at present was, that the pro, portion of children front them that attended Son, day schools was very small. He could imagine no criterion by which to judge of the regulations of factories better than this. The state of the children as to health, too, had been very touch misrepresented. To convince the Houseeof this, he read various extracts from the Infirmary Re ports of Manchester. From the opinions of va rious mediCal authorities which he quoted, and especially the testimony of Doctor Hardy and Doctor Morris,of Manchester, it appeared that the persons most liable to glandular swellings and ulcerous diseases were weavers, and that no class of persons weie more free from such. disor ders, as well as from others that , usually occur among persons engaged in sedentary employments and working within doors, than the children in the Cotton Factories of Manchester. Althongh medical men in general,and especially those of Man chester, were proverbial for disagreeing in their opinion, yet in this they all agreed. And although, when Doctors Home and Henry were asked their opinion, they said, that although that was their opinion, they were sure that certain others would think -differently ; but in this they were rats-, taken, although the others had certainly after wards - altered their opinions. But lie would :pledge himself to the fact, and . he would under, take to prove it from the evidence before the House, that the Cotton Spinners of Lancashire were better off—that their work was more uni form.their wages more uniform—their labour tighter, than that of any other class Of labourers in the kingdom. It was a remarkable fact, - that during the war, although in triany.of the different branches of manufacture the wages had varied as much as 50 per cent. yet in Cotton Spinning they had all along continued nearly uniform. The Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Peel) bad made himself very merry as to. the evi dence of the healthiness of the children in Mr. Finlay's Mill, and seemed to treat it as an 'exaggeration. But it was to be considered that the persons employed in it were of that age which is the most healthy, and ; that the employment. it self was healthy: There was no argument in fa vour of this Bill which was not founded on the most mistaken principles. It was said that Oa rents could not be expected to interfere of them serves to prevent their children frdm working a greater number of hours than was consistent with their health. In the discussion on the -Poor-Laws it had-been allowed, on both sides of the House, that parental feeling was as least as strong, or perhaps stronger, in the loWer tanks 'than in the higher. But now, if the. present Bill was to be passed, it must be onthis.principle, that the force of parental affection was so little to be trusted, that an Act of Parliament Must be passed to en force it, it was not enough that Parliament shesitld be influenced - .by no other feelings than those of humanity. Unless humanity was guided by justice it Would produce much mischief. , The Legislattire could never interfere between the_ labourer and his emphoyer, either io regn.- biting the hburs of tabour or wages, without . doing mischief.. Waii it really to be supposed that Parliament must interfere .to prevent • workmen frotn.lahouring a greater niimber -of honis than was consistent with theii - health ? .What if, when wages.wiae-at the low est—wheo the poor %veaver was obliged to work sixteen hours in order to earn just such a pittance as- would ktpport life—what if the House had then interfered to limit the boors of labotir- 7 if they ira.l old the scantily-paid :stork man, yon Work too 1-tie. 7 -you will injure your, health—we must interfere to prevent you ;- s -if this had been done, what' would have been the con sequence ? Would it not Lave been that the miseirahle workmen would have bee;: st , rved , into rehetliun? It teas a fact which strongly•called for the attention of the [louse, that iii the couoty in which there Was the Lit ge,st proportion of the pc.- polalion einployed in eottow factories, .the po, t . rates were lowest. In Liincashite the poor rate was only, 10s. 51 in the pooml, which was lower than any other elotity in England. except Cum-. berland, in which tiiey were only 91. 9d. iu the pound, The propor,ion, of thcpopulati - ou i , t 11, 40 . - casltire who received parochial aid was 54 per cent. lower than in any county of ,England except Cumberland, where it was only 5 per cent. To-re cur to the argument lOUIII6I on the unhealthiness. Of the employment, he ciritended that the sona (ion of the Members of that liouse more Ililileß:thy than that of any cotton spinners in the kingdom, and that there , were more causes operating to impair the health of the Speaker, than any labourer in the most ill-regulated cotton factories.—(A lau g h.)—Much had deers.-swim of the hot air in mills, but it turned out the highest tempersature in any of, them was nu more than 74 degrees ;_ and the evidence of •Mr. HoldswOrth stated,. that if the temperature were -higher that; between 70 and SO, it must injure the spinning. But one of the greatest evils incident_to the BA was, that it encouraged the spirit of combination among workmen. • It was to this Very spirit that the petitions which had been presented to the House were to be ascribed. These,petitions were drawn up in public-houses, by-disorderly and dis charged worktnen, who wished to increase the -rate of wages, and diminish the hours if labour. If this Bill'were carried, the principle would soon be extended to woollen manufactories. 'l'o these, indeed, the arguments in favour of it were more applicable; for he helieeed they were not in general so healthy. On the whokt, he hoped the House would see the impolicy and injustice ef the• measure, and would reject the Bill. Mr. BuOTLR WILBRAHAM spoke very shortly'in . favour of the Bill, bat urged nothing new. • : - Mr. W. SMITH said it 'slid not, require much de.'. tail to convince the House whether it was proper that chilihen under ten years of age'should be employed 15 hours a day or 12 and LI It was not that the mere, employmenS of ebihiren was, objected to, but that they were over-wrought. It was a fact which appealed .in evidence, and could not be contradicted, that the cotton-spin ners of Preston had egreed.sduring the discussion .of this measure to employ , their children only 13 hoofs a day. . • After a few words frau') Mr: FIN LAY, Mr. t SMITH, and Mr. 'Roar NsoN , the House - divided--4 1.76 - r . going into the Cummittee .. 91 Agoitist it IthijOrity forgoing into thetommittee —65 • The House having resolved itself into a Corn mitte.e, Mr. LAMBE was-understood to propose, on ac count of the late hour, that the Chairman ask leave to_report progress, and to sit again. A de.; sultory conversation ensued between Mr. Finlay, Sir. J. Newport, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Peel, Sir'J. Mackintosh, Lord Stanley, and Sir R. Peel, who Was not adverse to the motion, the Chairmen ob tained leave to report progress, and to sit agai9 to-morrow. . . • _ . , The Labourers' . Wages Bill was read a second time, anti' ordered to he committed this day. . The Report on the Saying Banks' Bill was received, and ordered to be taken into considegution this day se'nnight. • The Loan B►ll was read a second time, and ordered to bo cminni4ted this day. General HART moved for a Return and Account of all Sums of Money charged as Contingencies on the Board of Exeise in Ireland, from Jan. 1816 to March 1818. NEW LOAN. Upon the motion for the second re nling %of the Lonn Bill, Mr.GRENvELL observed, that there was a clause in this Bill of which he believed few who beard him were aware—uatuely, upon the mere 'de posit of three per cent. stock towards the nets Loan, the 8001. for CiACh million, and upon the ,deposit of. Exchequer Bills 400/. per million. This was such an extravagance nf r,..m.meraiiun for whet eoaid scarcely be called a trouble,that he gave notice .of his intention to. oppose most de cidedly in the Committee tlte adoption of a clause so inconsistent with publicjustice and equity. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 'Said, this Clause was so materially interwoven with the Bill, that he felt it his duty to support it. Mr. GRF.NFELL asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether it was intended that those who subscribed towards the new loan should he at li berty to fund the whole of their subscription, or only apart', as it.suited their inclination ? The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER replied, . . :hat it would he at the option of the subscribers :o. fund the whole or any part of their sub- • scription. Mr. GRENFELL said, that a great deal of agita tion. had this day been. created among. the monied interest in the . city; by such conduct: on the part of ,the Bank as appeared likely In interfere very mach with the Right - Hon. Gentleman's new plan; for the Officers of tire Bank had declared, 'that . of. the ;51. Three per Cents. which were to be lodged to-morrow, they would not accept any deposit, but in the names of the subscribers themselves.—• Now, as it happened that many subscribers held Stock in the, names of their Bankers, while others were out of town, great inconvenience was likely to result from this •regulation ; which, indeed, if enforced, must render several unable to make good their'deposits. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUSR said, it was true that a Gentletnan from the City had, just be fore he came to the House, complained to him of the regUlation alluded to.by the. Hon.• Gentleman: The Officers of the Bank were certainly correct ~`, ; G